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"Forecasting" Space Weather: NASA, University Scientists See Prediction Of Solar Storms In Future
April 30, 2002 — Much like tornado watchers look to the skies for clues that a twister is forming, NASA and university scientists are watching the Sun in an effort to better predict space weather – blasts of ... > full story -
UMass Tornado Researchers Heading Back To Great Plains
May 18, 2001 — University of Massachusetts tornado researchers are heading back to the Great Plains to spend tornado season testing new ways to detect and predict the swirling storms. ... > full story -
Texas A&M To Unveil New Mobile Radar System To Track Tornadoes, Measure Hurricane Winds
December 19, 2000 — How fast is a hurricane usually blowing when it makes landfall? Researchers still don't know for sure. Current wind speeds for hurricanes over land are estimates based on the damage they leave in ... > full story -
High Tech Storm Research Comes To The High Plains
May 22, 2000 — Scientists are scanning the skies for lightning and supercell storms from a host of high-tech platforms in the High Plains near Goodland, Kansas, from May 22 to July 15. Their tools include ... > full story -
NASA Scientist: Lightning Studies May Provide Earlier Tornado Alerts
April 25, 2000 — On May 3, 1999, more than 50 tornadoes cut a killer swath across the Great Plains, taking more than 40 lives. One year later, NASA researcher Steve Goodman demonstrates how another foul-weather ... > full story -
A Hard Wind Is Gonna Blow: Minimizing The Destruction From Tornadoes
March 20, 2000 — This year 800 tornadoes will strike in the United States, resulting in deaths, injuries, and millions of dollars in property damage. Is this a psychic prediction? No. According to the National Severe ... > full story -
Mobile Doppler Radar Instruments Edge Closer To Swirling Funnel Clouds
May 10, 1999 — Mobile Doppler radar instruments funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and deployed by scientists Howard Bluestein and Joshua Wurman of the University of Oklahoma and Andrew Pazmany of the ... > full story -
Texas Tech Examines Tornado's Aftermath
May 5, 1999 — Texas Tech University's Wind Engineering Research Center teams have arrived in Oklahoma to perform damage documentation on the tornado that struck Oklahoma City Monday (May 3). ... > full story -
Early Warning: Researchers Testing State-Of-The-Art Technology For Early Detection Of Tornadoes
May 4, 1999 — Testing has begun on the next generation of tornado forecasting technology that could increase warning time by as much as 50 percent in north Georgia. ... > full story -
Clemson Researchers Simulate Trees Falling On Houses As Part Of Research To Design Tornado 'Safe Rooms'
March 29, 1999 — Researchers at Clemson University will simulate a tree falling on a house as part of a project to help develop practical cost-effective tornado "safe rooms" in homes. ... > full story
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